Purple Paradise Gourami

[thelegend0210]

Was in PJ"s WestEd today and they have a tank labeled with Purple Paradise Gourami's and Spiketail Paradise Gourami's. I can't seem to find any info on the purple paradise. I would have asked but it was way too busy there. Just wondering if anyone knows how big they get and how aggressive they are? I have three dwarf gourami's, along with guppies, danio's, loaches, and rainbow fish.

[Fishnerd]

I've never seen them before but I have heard about how they are dye injected. try googling them or if you can speak to the people in the store however I wouldn't expect them to know or exactly tell the truth. But that's just my opinion

[Darren88]

interesting i might have to take a look

[polleni-puffer]

I'll do some asking around for you. I work at pj's ,so I'll have some answers for you this evening.

If the store I work at and the WEM store have the same suppliers ,chances are they are just blue paradise gourami's that they(the WEM store) labled as something else.

[thelegend0210]

Thanks, The fish in the tank are actually purple and smaller than the dwarf gouramis I have already. Well, whatever they are, they're pretty cool looking. Anything you can find out would be much appreciated.

Edited November 14, 2010 by thelegend0210

[rayfong]

I think all PJ's order the fish from the same supplier. Aquatic Imports in Calgary.

[jvision]

Paradise fish are similar to gouramis in the fact they are labyrinth fish (special organ allows them to breath air). They get to be about the same size as a dwarf gourami and can be a bit more aggressive than their cousins, but still not what I'd call an aggressive fish.